Case report of lymph nodal, hepatic and splenic tuberculosis in an HIV-positive patient

Case report of lymph nodal, hepatic and splenic tuberculosis in an HIV-positive patient

We describe a case of a male patient, 38 years old, HIV-positive (most recent CD4 count about 259/mm³), with abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, weight loss, and vespertine high fever with chills. His hemogram showed normocytic and normochromic anemia, with a high erythrocyte sedimentation r...

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Main Authors: Bianca Barone, Patrícia Lago Kreuzig, Patricia Medeiros Gusmão, Daniel Chamié, Sabrina Bezerra, Pedro Pinheiro, Pedro Coscarelli, Daurita Paiva, Leila Fonseca, Anna Marsico, André Cirigliano, Mário Perez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Tuberculosis
HIV
treatment
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